Intersport BMW pairing of Hayes and Radcliffe controlled the
Britcar 'into the Night' race from the front after claiming pole
earlier in the day, beating fellow front-row starter Michael Symons
in the 90 minute endurance.

It looked as though the fight was between the Intersport BMW and
the Tom Howard and Mike Moss BMW for the win in the first part of
the race, but the Moss Motorsport UK duo were undone by an
unexpected tyre change during the pitstop phase. The front two were
the last to pit and they both headed in on the same lap, with
Intersport 10 seconds in the lead.

When Moss Motorsport UK finally emerged from the pits, the
leading Intersport M3 wasted no time in lapping
their rival. Mike Symons, driving solo in a BMW M3, was able to
leapfrog into second and began to close on the leader, claiming
fastest lap along the way. Hayes reacted and managed the gap to the
flag in the darkness, pushing the gap back out to over 20 seconds
by the finish.

The inter-GT Academy graduate battle was won by Stanislav
Aksenov and Flurian Strauss, stretching away from the identical
Nissan 370Z driven by Miguel Faisca and Lee Cunningham as the
race neared an end. Aksenov handed over to Strauss ahead of Faisca,
and Strauss eked out a gap to claim fourth. Cunningham was
subjected to late pressure from the Porsche 993 of Class 3 winner
Richard Bennett, eventually succumbing with just one minute to
go.

Remarkably, the one and a half hour endurance only suffered one
retirement, Maraviec and co-champion Mark Wilds, who ran out of
fuel 17 laps from the end. Oddly, the retirement still handed Wilds
second in class and secured the championship win for the other car
he shared in the race with Ian Lawson and Anthony Wilds. The result
was enough hand the trio the Production championship.